Neuroscience
Our pick of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week or so:
To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This
Mandy Catron fell in love after following the format of a psychology study from 20 years ago. "I’ve skied steep slopes and hung from a rock face by a short length of rope, but staring into someone’s eyes for four silent minutes was one of the more thrilling and terrifying experiences of my life."
Trying to Cure Depression, but Inspiring Torture
The sorry tale of how Martin Seligman's work on depression and "learned helpless" was misapplied by the cowboy psychologists who advised the CIA on interrogation techniques.
Should Schools Teach Personality?
Or does teaching "grit" and other beneficial characteristics take attention away from problem schools?
The Secret History of Thoughts
NPR has launched a wonderful new programme called Invisibilia, with the first episode looking at intrusive thoughts and whether they reveal our innermost wishes.
Napping "Key" to Babies' Memory and Learning
NHS Choices takes its characteristically calm look at new research that's been in the headlines.
My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
Moving first-hand account of living through serious mental illness. "Even during our best moments as husband and wife, father and mother, we can feel lingering traces of our roles as caretaker and patient," writes Mark Lukach at Pacific Standard.
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words—or Is It?
Stephan Lewandowsky at the Psychonomic Society reports on new research that suggests, when it comes to free recall of textual information, accompanying diagrams are no more helpful than a simple repetition of the text.
The Journal Psychological Science Turns 25
The Association for Psychological Science looks back on the launch of its flagship journal. If you go to the birthday bash, better not mention this.
Mindfulness: Panacea or Fad?
BBC Radio 4 investigates (listen again on iPlayer).
Can Curry Cure Alzheimer’s? Four Healthy Ageing Diet Myths Busted
Which foods really benefit us as we grow older? The Guardian hears from doctors and nutritionists. _________________________________
Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
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Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: Robert De Niro Defends Anti-Vax Nonsense "Let's just find out the truth". No, Mr. De Niro, we already know the truth about vaccines. Wellbeing Issues Facing Psychological...
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Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: All in the Brain? (open letter) British psychologist Richard Bentall has written an open letter to Stephen Fry, asking him to stop describing his mental illness as...
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Our pick of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week or so: 2014’s Best Books on Psychology, Philosophy, and How to Live Meaningfully An end-of-year roundup from the BrainPickings website. Sickening and Morally Reprehensible Ella...
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Our 10 favourite psychology and neuroscience links from the last week or so: People's drawings of their own brains. Last week's issue of Narratively was a psychology special, including a comic look at a week on a psych ward and how an amateur...
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Introducing a new Digest feature: "Feast", our occasional round-up of links to recent psychology news, gossip, podcasts, blog-posts and radio/tv shows: BBC 2's Newsnight had a featurette on memory on Wednesday evening (from 30 minutes, 40 seconds...
Neuroscience
Link feast
To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This
Mandy Catron fell in love after following the format of a psychology study from 20 years ago. "I’ve skied steep slopes and hung from a rock face by a short length of rope, but staring into someone’s eyes for four silent minutes was one of the more thrilling and terrifying experiences of my life."
Trying to Cure Depression, but Inspiring Torture
The sorry tale of how Martin Seligman's work on depression and "learned helpless" was misapplied by the cowboy psychologists who advised the CIA on interrogation techniques.
Should Schools Teach Personality?
Or does teaching "grit" and other beneficial characteristics take attention away from problem schools?
The Secret History of Thoughts
NPR has launched a wonderful new programme called Invisibilia, with the first episode looking at intrusive thoughts and whether they reveal our innermost wishes.
Napping "Key" to Babies' Memory and Learning
NHS Choices takes its characteristically calm look at new research that's been in the headlines.
My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
Moving first-hand account of living through serious mental illness. "Even during our best moments as husband and wife, father and mother, we can feel lingering traces of our roles as caretaker and patient," writes Mark Lukach at Pacific Standard.
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words—or Is It?
Stephan Lewandowsky at the Psychonomic Society reports on new research that suggests, when it comes to free recall of textual information, accompanying diagrams are no more helpful than a simple repetition of the text.
The Journal Psychological Science Turns 25
The Association for Psychological Science looks back on the launch of its flagship journal. If you go to the birthday bash, better not mention this.
Mindfulness: Panacea or Fad?
BBC Radio 4 investigates (listen again on iPlayer).
Can Curry Cure Alzheimer’s? Four Healthy Ageing Diet Myths Busted
Which foods really benefit us as we grow older? The Guardian hears from doctors and nutritionists. _________________________________
Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
- Link Feast
Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: Robert De Niro Defends Anti-Vax Nonsense "Let's just find out the truth". No, Mr. De Niro, we already know the truth about vaccines. Wellbeing Issues Facing Psychological...
- Link Feast
Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: All in the Brain? (open letter) British psychologist Richard Bentall has written an open letter to Stephen Fry, asking him to stop describing his mental illness as...
- Link Feast
Our pick of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week or so: 2014’s Best Books on Psychology, Philosophy, and How to Live Meaningfully An end-of-year roundup from the BrainPickings website. Sickening and Morally Reprehensible Ella...
- Link Feast
Our 10 favourite psychology and neuroscience links from the last week or so: People's drawings of their own brains. Last week's issue of Narratively was a psychology special, including a comic look at a week on a psych ward and how an amateur...
- Feast
Introducing a new Digest feature: "Feast", our occasional round-up of links to recent psychology news, gossip, podcasts, blog-posts and radio/tv shows: BBC 2's Newsnight had a featurette on memory on Wednesday evening (from 30 minutes, 40 seconds...